They worked hard all day without a break

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Test No. incompl/inter-4 "Easy Questions", question 10

They worked hard all day without a ..........

(a) break
(b) suspension
(c) pause
(d) breach

Test No. incompl/inter-4 "Easy Questions", answer 10

They worked hard all day without a break.

Correct answer: (a) break
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break or pause ,
thanks

[Torsten]

[Rich7]

Break is the correct anwer and in this case means "without rest" e.g coffee break.

[Sandy1]

why we can`t use pause
thanks

[Maddy]

Hello Torsten,

Please can you explain me the difference between break and pause?

Thanks

Maddy

[Ctnsite]

A break means an interruption while a pause means s short period in which some thing is stopped.

[Maddy]

Thanks very much